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cacophony

[kuh-kof-uh-nee] / kəˈkɒf ə ni /
NOUN
dissonance
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Amid a cacophony of honking horns, the family struggles to identify the shuttle bus that will take them to their rental car.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

So, too, did all of his department heads on their own fiefdoms and the oddball band Tune-Yards on the score, a cacophony of circus oompahs, mouth harps and kazoos.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Haaland's second-half winner sparked a cacophony of noise after Cherki had given the hosts the lead, with Kai Havertz equalising in between following Gianluigi Donnarumma's error.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

And in floundering the ending, “Undertone” reminds us that tranquility can be far more unsettling than a cacophony of sight and sound.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026

The roar of activity increased, a cacophony of shouts and whistles and jeers and laughing.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner




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